{"product_id":"the-potomac-chronicle-harold-c-fleming-9780820336237","title":"The Potomac Chronicle: Public Policy and Civil Rights from Kennedy to Reagan","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Kennedy administration through the end of the Reagan era, the Potomac Institute gave vital, behind-the-scenes support to countless public-and-private-sector initiatives related to equal opportunity, urban social problems, and race relations. Part history and part memoir of Harold C. Fleming, the institute's leader, \u003ci\u003eThe Potomac Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e tells for the first time how the institute served as a creative broker of talent, ideas, and resources among minorities, activists, and interest groups. Owing to Fleming's dedication, coolheadedness, and low-key approach, no other such organization was as well linked to--and as trusted by--both government policymakers and southern civil rights leaders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the context of major national trends and events, \u003ci\u003eThe Potomac Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e tells of the institute's role in the Kennedy administration's civil rights policy debates, in helping the Defense Department set up what would become model guidelines for civil rights compliance by federal contractors, and in informing, educating, and reassuring Americans about Lyndon Johnson's Civil Rights Act. Other accomplishments discussed include the institute's involvement in forming the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, tying civil rights requirements to government programs and private practices in education, housing, and employment, and, in the years before it closed in 1988, helping defend affirmative action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harold C. Fleming, Virginia Fleming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820336238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820336237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Harold C. Fleming","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054515155199,"sku":"9780820336237","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6abff8fa-ef90-4728-8142-da81495bc37a.jpg?v=1685030394","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-potomac-chronicle-harold-c-fleming-9780820336237","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}